Luke 11:42

40 You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?

41 But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.

Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
KJV
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
WEB
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
ASV
But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
DARBY
But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.
BLB
But woe to you⁺, the Pharisees, because you⁺ pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and you⁺ pass by the judgment and the love of God. But it was necessary to do these things, and those not to neglect.
ÅB
Men ve dere, dere fariseere, dere som gir tiende av mynte og rute og alle slags maturter, og ikke spør etter rett og kjærlighet til Gud! Dette burde gjøres, og det andre ikke lates ugjort.
OTB
"Ve dere fariseere, for dere betaler tiende av mynte, rute og hver slags hageurt, men forsømmer rettferdighet og Guds kjærlighet. Disse burde dere ha gjort, uten å forsømme de andre.
B1930
Men ve eder, I fariseere, I som gir tiende av mynte og rute og alle slags maturter, og ikke spør efter rett og kjærlighet til Gud! Dette burde gjøres, og det andre ikke lates ugjort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 23:23

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

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  • Proverbs 21:3

    To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

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  • Luke 18:12

    I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

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  • 1 John 4:20

    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

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  • Deuteronomy 10:12–13

    And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

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  • Micah 6:8

    He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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  • Malachi 3:8

    Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

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  • Matthew 23:27

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

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